Current Sermon Series

The Beautiful Empty: Lent 2025

March 9 – April 13

Blaise Pascal once spoke of the “God-shaped vacuum” in the heart of every person that can only be filled by God. Yet we spend so much of our lives trying to fill that vacuum with everything but God. When we feel worthless, we seek validation from our work. When we suffer from loneliness, we turn to relationships to save us. When we experience boredom, we binge on entertainment. When we feel overwhelmed or self-conscious, we reach for altered states.  

The God-shaped hole only grows deeper and wider as we fill it with the things that do not satisfy. But the season of Lent invites us to let go of our attachments and dependencies, emptying ourselves of all our cheap substitutes for God, so we can finally see ourselves for who we really are—needy, imperfect, unfinished, still-becoming people in need of a tender, patient, gracious God. It’s only by experiencing our emptiness that the God-shaped hole can finally be filled, healed, and blessed by that which truly satisfies.

March 9 | Power • Luke 4:1–13 | Bulletin • Order of Worship

March 16 | Desire • Philippians 3:17–4:1 | Bulletin • Order of Worship

March 23 | Pride • Luke 13:1–9 | Bulletin • Order of Worship

March 30 | Perfection • Luke 15:1–3, 11b–32 | Bulletin • Order of Worship

April 6 | Calculation • John 12:1–8 | Bulletin • Order of Worship

April 13 | Affirmation • Luke 19:28–40 | Bulletin • Order of Worship

Previous Sermon Series

Dispatches from Cell 92:
Bonhoeffer on Faith and Resistance

January 12–March 2

Some call him a martyr. Others a spy and assassin. But before his arrest and execution by the Nazis in 1945, Dietrich Bonhoeffer was a pastor and theologian whose writings on Christianity have become more relevant today than ever. In this six-part series, we’ll explore Bonhoeffer’s thoughts on grace, faith, responsibility, and resistance for clues about how we might live out our faith in ways that make a difference in today’s world. The series includes an all-church book study and documentary film discussion.

January 12 | “Costly Grace” • Matthew 7:7–11 | Bulletin • Order of Worship

January 19 | “The Call to Discipleship” • Mark 2:13–17 | Bulletin • Order of Worship

January 26 | Break in sermon series – Bishop Stoneking | “What’s a Christian to Do?“ | Bulletin • Order of Worship

February 2 | “Single-Minded Obedience” • Luke 14:25–26 | Bulletin • Order of Worship

February 9 | “Discipleship and The Cross” • Luke 9:21–27 | Bulletin • Order of Worship

February 16 | Break in sermon series – Dr. Lori Brandt Hale • Matthew 25:34–40 | “Lessons from Dietrich Bonhoeffer, With Love for the Coming Generation“ | Bulletin • Order of Worship

February 23 | “Discipleship and the Individual” • John 1:1–4 | Bulletin • Order of Worship

March 2 | “The Visible Community” • Matthew 5:13–16 | Bulletin • Order of Worship